Blame It on Rio: Nicolas Ghesquière and the Louis Vuitton Crew Samba Boogie All Night

After the Niterói Contemporary Art Museum, where Nicolas Ghesquière showed his new Resort collection, Louis Vuitton packed the crowd into vans for the trip back to center of Rio and the after-party at the Parque Lage. Built by the Brazilian industrialist Enrique Lage for his wife Gabriella Besanzoni, the mansion is tucked into the jungle at the foot of Corcovado with an open air interior courtyard. Snoop Dogg fans might recognize it from his 2003 video for “Beautiful.” Saturday night it was samba music pumping through the speakers. Once the performers cleared out, Michel Gaubert took over DJ duties.

The party happened in waves, with most of the guests arriving directly from the show and the VIPs breaking for dinner on the roof of the Fasano hotel first. It meant that the early hours of the bash were celebrity free. For camera-happy types, Christ the Redeemer, 710 meters up Corcovado, had to stand in for Jaden Smith. But when Ghesquière, Alicia Vikander, et al. finally arrived, things kicked into gear and the dance floor, built over the pool, was crowded well past midnight.